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Insights and Opinions: The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators

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Southern California has the one of the largest gathering of organized angel investment groups, and a huge crop of startup accelerators: there's only one problem, which is they don't naturally work together. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasnt. The Angel funding process can be arduous. Continued.).

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Interview with Mike Napoli, Tech Coast Angels

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In your opinion, are your angels more or less active this year? The Tech Coast Angels had great exit last year in Green Dot - anything which, in hindsight, made this one a home run? We've heard some entrepreneurs who have had some difficulty figuring out how to work with angels. Mike Napoli: It's quality versus quantity.

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Reflections On 2018: Matt Stodder, Startup Boost LA

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My biggest takeaway this year was truly understanding the strength and cohesion of the Los Angeles startup community. We continue to have a steady stream of industry and thought leaders raising their hands to be mentors for our upcoming cohorts. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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Green LAVA Meeting

SoCal Tech Calendar

Los Angeles launched its cleantech business incubator to accelerate development of cleantech start-ups by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, and access to a growing network of experts and capital. Friday, July 20, 2012 -- Green LAVA Meeting. LACIis the business equivalent of baseball?s

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Launchpad LA today announces it will accept applications for its third class of Los Angeles-based tech startups. years there has been an initiative in Los Angeles called Launchpad LA. One senior mentor to Launchpad LA recently said, “I got more out of Launchpad LA than I even put in. For the past 2.5

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The Valuable Unsung Heroes of Startups

Both Sides of the Table

And speaking of coaching, if you haven’t read Googled by Ken Auletta you should. And in it he profiles the work of Coach Campbell who was once on the boards of both Google & Apple. EXECUTIVE COACHES. See there are tons of people who play the role of mentor in their own capacity. VENTURE CAPITAL.

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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips

Tech Coast Venture Network

Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. Meet angels via the entrepreneurs they’ve funded. Be coachable.

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